Cigarette packagr



Sept. 7,1926. 1599,132

H. E. HODGSON CIGARETTE PACKAGE Filed July 10. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet `1rsept. 7, 192s. 1,599,132

H. E. HODGSON CIGARETTE PACKAGE Filed July 10l 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 E ZNgENro/f i ,8V

Patented Sept. 7, `1926.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HABBIETTE ENSLEY HODGSON, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE PACKAGE *Application mea my 1o, 1924. serial no. 725,142.

' The invention is a device for cigaretteV smokers, to' avold themconvemence of being without a match.. It is customary for cigar storesto give a book of paper ymatches with apackage of cigarettes, butnevertheless the smoker frequently finds himself withoutmatches, usuallydue to the matchbook having been mislaid. The obJect of f this inventionis to rmake it possiblevr for a cigarette package and one of these bookso1' matches to be presented to the purchaser 1n an assembled condition,and to be carried in that condition, the book of matches being readilyNwithdrawn from the package for use and reinserted inaplocketfaftereachy use. The invention is likewise applicabletorefillable cigarette cases, and both applications of the inventionlare illustrated herein. In the accompanying drawings forming a Fi l isa perspectlve4 view of a card- 4boar cigarette box, of the hinged lidtype` provided with a ocket and entrance for a match-book, whic is'shownin place;

Fig.` 2 is a perspective view of the same box without the match-book,the outer wall of-the, ocket bein shown laid down in -the con 'tion in w'ch the packages are shipped Fig. 3

Fig. 4 is a vertical ionllgiiudiiiail section;

Fig. 5 is a persplective vie'w of a cigarette `slight inclinatonas seenin Figs. 1 and 4.

This-may be accomplished by cutting the cardboard on parallel linesextending from the opening, and roviding pasted paper stay strips-5outsi e and/or inside, 'which 'permit the wall section 6 to be slightly7raised and laid flat, or "otherwise The inside of 'the pocket is formed`by a stout piece of paper or the like 7, which is pasted or Aotherwiseunitedto the under part of the clover so as to extend with .somefullness beneath the wall section 6 andthe opening 4,

is atransverse vertical section with the matches 1n place;

.ackage of cigarettes embodying the inven entirely closing off thepocket and its entrance from the interior of the box.

The pocketthus formed is of the proper size and proportions to lreceiveone lof the familiar match books 8, which is inserted through theentrance andslid lengthwise into the pocket, in which position it, liespartly above and partly below the top wall, adding practically nothingto the bulk of the pac age for carrying purposes. The match bookskarenot assembled with the cigarette packages when shipped from thefac;-

tory,.but are put in by the retail tobacconist. The pocket is of suchcharacter as to permit. the match book to betaken out and slip ed backreadily by the user, so that the matcies 'are always at hand.

Fi 5 illustrates a. cigarette case 9 of meta or other material providedwith a similar pocket in on'e of its walls. The entrance opening ismarked 4", the lifted wall l section 6, and the inside wall, which inthis instance need not necessarily close of the v openin from theinterior of the' case, is .marke 7*.1 The pocket walls 6 and 7l may inthis case be rigid and fined.

Fig. 6 shows a cigarette ackage 10 of the Oblong paper bag type. T esepackages, as

is well known, have a complete lining of tinfoil or paper; and thepocket can therefore be obtained by cutting a slit 4b slightly widerthan a match-book, across onof the broad sides of the outer wrappingnear one end. The lining, which is'not severed, thus forms the innerwall of the pocket, closing it of from the cigarettes. When the matchnoVbook 8 is inserted, the -flexibility .of the wrappings and the yieldingnature of the cigarettes causes the match-book to press.

somewhat into the package, raising the part 6h of the outer wrappingonly slightly, the

tension of the outer wrapping binding the book into the package.

Whileit is contemplated that the best use of the invention will be fortheretailer to insert the match-books, it is obvious that the -books maybe put into the cigarette packages at the cigarette factory if it shouldbe found satisfactory to ship the assemblage. `The .complete package ofcigarettes `and matchlos book may be manufactured by the cigarette) -Imanufacturer, by the jobber, or by the retailer, as may be mostpractical underall the conditions.

What I claim as new is: A cigarette box comprising a tray bottom and ahinged lid, said lid having an oblongor slotted entrance opening in itstop wall `and a section of said Wall extending from the opening beingsevered along two sides l5A from the adjoining portions of the Wall, anda flexible connection between said sides and the cover enabling saidsection to be lifted and laid flat, together.I with a sheet on theinside of the lid forming the inner Wall of a pocket adapted to receivea book of 10 matches lying partly above .and partly below the plane ofthe Wall.

HARRIETTE ENSLEY' HODGSON. s

